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World Design: The Best in Classic and Contemporary Furniture, Fashion, Graphics, and More

by Christian Pixis

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The vivid kaleidoscope of contemporary design comes alive in this whopper of a book. World Design offers an A-to-Z encyclopedia of the greatest designers of the last century, featuring 1000 color photographs of their most distinctive pieces in a tour-de-force visual gallery. Nearly a hundred subchapters discussing styles, movements, and innovations help put a remarkable century of design in context. An invaluable source for the design professional or student and a pure visual delight, World Design is an informative, economical, and entertaining design compendium like no other.

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Uta Abendroth (art historian and journalist), Karin Beate Phillips (design consultant and author), Christian Pixis (author of several books on design and architecture), writer Volkard Steinbach, and editor Bernd Polster offer an A-to-Z encyclopedia of the greatest designers of the 20th century. Included are innovators in fashion, graphics, furniture, architecture, fixtures, automobiles, utensils, appliances, and textiles. Each designer's profile includes a brief bio and discussion of his/her work, and color photos of distinctive pieces (1,000 photos in all). The book concludes with an overview chapter on major design trends and movements and a decade-by-decade chronology. A fun browse, and a rich source of inspiration for designers of all stripes. Identified as an English translation, but no information on the original version is cited, except that the text copyright belongs to Howard Buch Producktion, Bonn, Germany. 10.5x10<">
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Pixis and Abendroth present the best in classic and contemporary furniture, fashion, graphics, and more. Featured designers include Philippe Starck, Alvar Aalto, Ron Arad, and others. 1,000 full-color images.
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ISBN:
9780811826242
Subtitle:
(the best in classic and contemporary furniture, fashion, graphics and more )
Other:
Pixis, Christian
Author:
Abendroth, Uta
Author:
Polster, Bernd
Publisher:
Chronicle Books
Location:
San Francisco :
Subject:
Interior Design
Subject:
History
Subject:
History, modern
Subject:
Design
Subject:
Design - General
Subject:
Contemporary
Subject:
Designers
Series Volume:
Paper #1
Publication Date:
2000
Binding:
Trade Cloth
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
432 p.
Dimensions:
9.83x10.75x1.31 in. 5.13 lbs.
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